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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 24em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Ken Rouse</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid DimGray;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ken_Rouse_1927_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Ken_Rouse_1927_%283x4%29.jpg/260px-Ken_Rouse_1927_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="346" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Ken_Rouse_1927_%283x4%29.jpg/390px-Ken_Rouse_1927_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Ken_Rouse_1927_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rouse, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1927</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-08-22</span>)</span>August 22, 1906</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ohio" title="Hamilton, Ohio">Hamilton, Ohio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date of death</th><td class="infobox-data">August 6, 1958<span style="display:none">(1958-08-06)</span> (aged 51)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Winnetka,_Illinois" title="Winnetka, Illinois">Winnetka, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC; color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/American_football_positions" title="American football positions">Position(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">US college</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a></td></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC; color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Third-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1927_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1927 College Football All-America Team">1927</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</a> (1927)</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kenneth Allen Rouse</b> (August 22, 1906 – August 6, 1958) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player. He played at center for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons" title="Chicago Maroons">Chicago Maroons</a> from 1925 to 1927 and won the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football"><i>Chicago Tribune</i> Silver Football</a> as the most valuable player in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> in 1927. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Rouse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rouse was born in 1906 in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ohio" title="Hamilton, Ohio">Hamilton, Ohio</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindblom_Math_%26_Science_Academy" title="Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy">Lindblom High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. He played football at Lindblom first at the halfback position and then at center. He was selected as an "All Cook County" player as a senior. He was also editor of the school newspaper, held the rank of major and student head of the Lindblom R.O.T.C., received recognition as the best rifle shot in the school, was chosen "most popular boy in school", and starred as an actor in several high school plays.<sup id="cite_ref-CT27_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="University_of_Chicago">University of Chicago</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Rouse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: University of Chicago"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rouse enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> in the fall of 1924. He played at the <a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">center</a> position for the freshman football team in 1924 and for <a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Amos Alonzo Stagg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football" title="Chicago Maroons football">Chicago Maroons football</a> team from 1925 to 1927. He played almost every minute of every game in 1926 and was selected as captain of the <a href="/wiki/1927_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1927 Chicago Maroons football team">1927 Chicago Maroons football team</a>. Against Purdue in 1927, he blocked an extra point to secure Chicago's victory. Rouse later described the block as his greatest football thrill, noting: "I think no one has ever had more pleasure in having a football kicked into the pit of his stomach than I had at that moment."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the 1927 season, he won the 1927 <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</a> trophy as the most valuable player in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a unanimous pick for the <a href="/wiki/1927_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team" title="1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team">1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IPR_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Rouse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rouse and his wife, the former Helen King (1907-1993), had a daughter, Joanne (born 1932).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later lived in <a href="/wiki/Winnetka,_Illinois" title="Winnetka, Illinois">Winnetka, Illinois</a>, and worked for <a href="/wiki/A._B._Dick_Company" title="A. B. Dick Company">A. B. 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